Duke Blue Devils

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The Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team defeated Wisconsin Badgers 68-63 Monday in the NCAA National Championship game in Indianapolis, Indiana.

With the win, Duke now has five NCAA basketball titles. All of the titles have been won by Coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Freshman Tyus Jones lead Duke with 23 points and fellow Freshman Grayson Allen came off the bench to score 16 points.

The Duke Blue Devils finished the year 35-4.

National Championship

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The Duke Blue Devils will play Wisconsin Badgers in the NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship tonight in Indianapolis, Indiana.

To reach the National Championship, Duke defeated Michigan State Spartans Saturday 81-61. In the other national semifinal, Wisconsin Badgers handed Kentucky Wildcats their first loss of the year winning 71-64.

The National Championship game starts at 9:18 p.m. ET on CBS.

Books read in 2015

The Bridge at Chappaquiddick, Jack Olsen  
And Then I Cried: Stories of a Mortuary NCO, Justin Jordan  
Art on the Block, Ann Fensterstock  
The Murder of Marilyn Monroe: Case Closed, Jay Margolis & Richard Buskin  
A Family Business: A Chilling Tale of Greed as One Family Commits Unspeakable Crimes against the Dead, Ken Englade  
Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women, Michael Gross  
Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else, David Balzer
Dead Center, Shiya Ribowsky
The Monopolists, Mary Pilon
Silent Witnesses: The Often Gruesome but Always Fascinating History of Forensic Science, Nigel McCrery

Currently Reading: Lives of the Artists: Portraits of Ten Artists Whose Work and Lifestyles Embody the Future of Contemporary Art, Calvin Tompkins

UConn

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The University of Connecticut women's basketball team overcame a one point half deficit to defeat Dayton Flyers 91-70 Monday in Albany, New York. With the win, UConn moves on to the Final Four in Tampa, Florida.

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis was the leading scorer for the UConn Huskies with 27 points, five rebounds, three steals and two blocks. Mosqueda-Lewis also set the record for 3 point field goals in the NCAA with 393. Kaleena is now the all-time leader. Breanna Stewart and Morgan Tuck both had 23 points and Moriah Jefferson also scored double digits with 10 points.

UConn will play Maryland Sunday in a national semifinal in Tampa at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. Notre Dame and South Carolina play in the other national semifinal game at 6:30 p.m. All four of the number 1 seeds
made it to the final four.

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Michigan Wolverines

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The Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team is still playing in the WNIT. The Wolverines defeated Southern Mississippi Eagles Sunday 69-60 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Cyesha Goree was the leading scorer for the Wolverines with 15 points and 12 rebounds. With that effort, that was Goree's 17th double-double of the season. Nicole Elmblad had 14 points and Siera Thompson scored 13 points.

Michigan will play in the WNIT semifinals Wednesday against UCLA at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor. The game starts at 7 p.m. ET.

Final Four

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The Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team are moving on to the Final Four in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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The Blue Devils defeated Gonzaga Bulldogs Sunday 66-52 in the Elite Eight in Houston, Texas. With the win, Duke makes its 16th Final Four appearances and 12 Final Fours for Coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Justise Winslow and Matt Jones led the team in points with 16. Tyus Jones added 15 points, Quinn Cook had 10 points and Jahlil Okafor scored nine points and grabbed eight rebounds.

Duke will play Michigan State Spartans Saturday in the Final Four. The game will start at 6:09 ET and will be broadcast on TBS.

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Sweet 16

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Connecticut Huskies, the number 1 overall seed in the women's NCAA basketball tournament, destroyed Rutgers Scarlet Knights Monday 91-55 in Storrs, Connecticut. With the win, the Huskies advance to the Sweet 16 to play Texas Longhorns Saturday at noon on ESPN.

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Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis was the leading scorer for the Huskies with 23 points. Mosqueda-Lewis made five three-point baskets during the game. Moriah Jefferson chipped in with 19 points and Morgan Tuck had 16 points.

Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team will also be making a trip to the Sweet 16. The Wolverines are playing in the WNIT.

The Wolverines defeated Toledo Rockets Monday 74-58 in Toledo, Ohio. Leading the way for Michigan was Katelynn Flaherty with 25 points and Siera Thompson scored 20 points. Thompson also had a great night behind the three-point arch, she was 4-for-4.

Michigan will host Missouri Tigers in the Sweet 16 of the WNIT Thursday at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor at 7 p.m.

Books read in 2015

The Bridge at Chappaquiddick, Jack Olsen  
And Then I Cried: Stories of a Mortuary NCO, Justin Jordan  
Art on the Block, Ann Fensterstock  
The Murder of Marilyn Monroe: Case Closed, Jay Margolis & Richard Buskin  
A Family Business: A Chilling Tale of Greed as One Family Commits Unspeakable Crimes against the Dead, Ken Englade  
Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women, Michael Gross  
Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else, David Balzer
Dead Center, Shiya Ribowsky
The Monopolists, Mary Pilon


Currently Reading: Silent Witnesses: The Often Gruesome but Always Fascinating History of Forensic Science, Nigel McCrery

Duke Blue Devils

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Both Duke Blue Devils women's and men's basketball teams advanced to the Sweet 16 Sunday.

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The Blue Devils women's team defeated Mississippi State Bulldogs 64-56 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at home in Durham, North Carolina. Leading the way for the Blue Devils was freshman Azura Stevens with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Rebeca Greenwell added 17 points. The fouth seed Devils advance to play again on Saturday against the winner of the (1) Maryland vs (8) Princeton game that will be played later tonight.

Duke's men's basketball team beat San Diego State Aztecs 68-49 Sunday in Charlotte, North Carolina. Jahil Okafor had a big game with 26 points. Justise Winslow chipped in with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Duke will play again Friday in Houston against fifth seed Utah Utes.

Opening reception

Glass, Cinder & Thorns III is an all-female exhibition that will open Friday, March 20, 2015 from 7-10 p.m. at Inner State Gallery located at 1410 Gratiot Avenue, Detroit, MI  48207.

The exhibition will be curated by April Armand. Forty female artists will be displaying iconic female-centric fairy tale characters with their own personal spin.

For more information visit Inner State Gallery.

Books read in 2015

The Bridge at Chappaquiddick, Jack Olsen  
And Then I Cried: Stories of a Mortuary NCO, Justin Jordan  
Art on the Block, Ann Fensterstock  
The Murder of Marilyn Monroe: Case Closed, Jay Margolis & Richard Buskin  
A Family Business: A Chilling Tale of Greed as One Family Commits Unspeakable Crimes against the Dead, Ken Englade  
Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women, Michael Gross  
Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else, David Balzer
Dead Center, Shiya Ribowsky

Currently Reading: The Monopolists, Mary Pilon

March 17

NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships

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The NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships took place over the weekend in Fayettville, Arkansas.

The Oregon Ducks men's team repeated as National Champions with 74 points. Coming in second was Florida Gators with 50 points and the host Arkansas Razorbacks were third with 39 points. On the women's side, the host Arkansas won the title with 63 points over last year's champion Oregon. Oregon was second with 46.50 points and Georgia Bulldogs finished third with 37 points.

Highlights from the state of Michigan was Michigan State senior Leah O'Connor winning the mile with a record of 4:27.18. That time broke MSU's school record, it's the fastest time in the NCAA Track and Field Championships history and the second fastest mile ever run by a woman in NCAA history.

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University of Michigan Wolverines women's Distance Medley Relay finished in 10:58.64 to claim third place. The DMR team members were Shannon Osika, Maya Long, Danielle Pfeifer and Brook Handler. Winning the DMR was the team from Arkansas in 10:51.89 and Stanford was second in 10:53.66.

March 15

On this day in March 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was assassinated. Caesar was stabbed to death by 60 conspirators, led by Brutus and Cassius, at a Senate meeting at the Theatre of Pompey.

In William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, a soothsayer warned Caesar to "Beware the Ides of March."

TV shows

I found new TV shows to watch over the weekend. I like them already of course. As my bio says on this blog, Twitter and Instagram: I love TV. Here my two more TV programs that I like.

Alpha House (Amazon Prime)
Alpha House is a political satire show created by Garry Trudeau, Doonesbury creator. It is about four republican congressmen who share a house in Washington, D.C. The show stars John Goodman as Gil John Biggs, R - North Carolina; Clark Johnson as Robert Bettencourt, R - Pennsylvania; Matt Malloy as Louis Laffer, R- Nevada and Mark Consuelos as Andy Guzman, R - Florida.






Archer (FX)
Archer is an animated TV show for adults. The show is about a spy agency in New York run by Malory Archer. Her son, Sterling Archer works for her, along with Archer's ex-girlfriend and agent Lana Kane. Other employees include accountant Cyril Figgs, human resource director Pam Poovey, secretery Cheryl Tunt and research head Doctor Krieger.

Florida II

 Other favorite photos taken with my cell phone camera in Florida.

Books read in 2015

The Bridge at Chappaquiddick, Jack Olsen  
And Then I Cried: Stories of a Mortuary NCO, Justin Jordan  
Art on the Block, Ann Fensterstock  
The Murder of Marilyn Monroe: Case Closed, Jay Margolis & Richard Buskin  
A Family Business: A Chilling Tale of Greed as One Family Commits Unspeakable Crimes against the Dead, Ken Englade  
Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women, Michael Gross  
Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else, David Balzer

Currently Reading: Dead Center, Shiya Ribowsky

Spring ahead

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Don't forget to move your clocks forward one hour Sunday morning. It is time to spring forward and begin Daylight Saving Time.

I don't mind losing the one hour of sleep in exchange for warmer weather and longer days.

1000 Meter

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Oiselle athlete, Lauren Wallace, won the US Indoor 1000m championship Sunday in Boston, MA. Wallace led the group for 600m before dropping back in the pack. Running towards the finish line on the last lap, leader Charlene Lipsey went out wide. Treniere Moser and Stephanie Brown were running toward the finish in lanes 2 and 3. Leaving lane 1 open, Wallace out sprinted Moser and Brown to the finish line in 2:40.42. Second place Moser and third place Brown finished in 2:40.62.

After the race Wallace said, "I knew that everyone was going to swing wide, that seems to be the tactic on an indoor track. Unfortunately, I learned that the hard way a couple of weeks ago in Birmingham. Last night when I was going over my race plan, I just decided to stay comfo in lane one. I knew there'd be a gap opening up, so I took advantage of the gap and gave it my all the last 50 meters."

Wallace went on to say, "It's unreal, it hasn't set in yet. The coolest part was running through the tape. I've never been able to do that before. The tape was really, really cool."

Season 3

House of Cards Season 3 debuted on Friday, February 27 at midnight. I had to wait until later that evening to begin watching. I started the new season around 8 p.m. Friday and finished all 13 episodes Sunday around 6:30 p.m. In between the times of watching House of Cards, I did manage to squeeze other activities in.

I liked the new season. I won't say much to ruin it for others who haven't seen it yet. I did like how it ended. So much build up for Season 4. Can't wait to see it.

Books read in 2015

The Bridge at Chappaquiddick, Jack Olsen  
And Then I Cried: Stories of a Mortuary NCO, Justin Jordan  
Art on the Block, Ann Fensterstock  
The Murder of Marilyn Monroe: Case Closed, Jay Margolis & Richard Buskin  
A Family Business: A Chilling Tale of Greed as One Family Commits Unspeakable Crimes against the Dead, Ken Englade  
Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women, Michael Gross  

Currently Reading: Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else, David Balzer

Florida I

My husband and I took an 8 day trip to Florida recently. We traveled to St. Augustine, Titusville and Daytona Beach. I loved every second in Florida, as it was my first trip ever to the state. I took many photos with my cell phone and my DSLR camera. These are just a few of my cell phone camera photos that I loved. More will be coming. I still need to download the almost 600 photos I took with my DSLR.